All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him.

I'd almost prefer [Richard] Nixon. I'd say [Bill] Clinton is every bit as corrupt as Nixon, but a lot smoother.

The first impression is always the right one. I rarely change my mind upward about people.

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure starts to feel normal in your life or your work or even your darkest vices, you won't have to go looking for trouble, because trouble will find you. Count on it.

It was a maddening image and the only way to whip it was to hang on until dusk and banish the ghosts with rum.

The car suddenly veered off the road and we came to a sliding halt in the gravel. I was hurled against the dashboard. My attorney was slumped over the wheel. “What’s wrong?” I yelled. “We can’t stop here. This is bat country!